"washington journal" begins live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> what year did your father buy the book? >> 1933, he had just gotten out of the government and been out three weeks. he was governor of the federal reserve board. he started the reconstruction finance under hoover. he stayed as federal reserve chairman for a little while under roosevelt then reseened was he didn't like roosevelt's monetary policy. the post came up three weeks later for auction on the step of the building. and he bought it an anonymously. and so it had about circulation of about 50,000 in a broken down building. and so he started then and he was a businessman. he thought he knew how to turn around businesses. he never had any experience. he encountered the most horrible difficulties in finding his way up. he really did a terrific job starting with nothing. >> along with our schedule you see our program at booktv.org. and get the latest update throughout the week. follow us on facebook and twitter. we talked with randall robinson. >> host: what does